Space Superiority a Priority for Air Force Authority

US Air Force, WASHINGTON: They almost scrapped the mission. An Air Force weather officer and the satellites at his disposal talked them out of it. 
 
It was a cold night in March 2003. With rain and low visibility, more than 1,000 Soldiers aboard 16 C-17 Globemaster IIIs waited to either go on their parachute mission into Northern Iraq, or call it a night. The weather officer, Capt. John Roberts, said they